Junior Financial Control Officer Porto

Junior Financial Control Officer
Porto
Porto, Porto District, Portugal

Company Description

Natixis in Portugal is a Centre of Expertise whose mission is to transform traditional banking by developing innovative solutions for the business, operations, and work culture of Groupe BPCE worldwide.

Natixis in Portugal is part of the Global Financial Services division, applying technology to develop financial expertise across its two global business lines – Corporate & Investment Banking and Asset & Wealth Management – and transversally for Groupe BPCE entities.

The Porto-based Centre of Expertise employs over 2, 400 people from more than 30 nationalities, organized into three main departments: Information Technology, Banking Support Activities, and Compliance. These teams work collaboratively, inclusively, and transversally to support and create value across all group business lines and platforms. The Porto project represents one of Groupe BPCE’s largest investments in Human Resources globally.

Our disruptive mindset, proximity, and agility reflect our mission to transform traditional banking on a global scale, aligning well with Portugal’s dynamic and entrepreneurial ecosystem.

In 2024, Natixis in Portugal was awarded the Top Employer Portugal certification for the second time by the Top Employers Institute, recognizing excellence in people practices. Our head office in France has also been certified Top Employer France for eight consecutive years.

Job Description

Team presentation and main goal:

Financial Permanent Control (FPC) acts as a second line of defense (LOD2) covering finance activities, directly reporting to the Natixis CFO. Our mission is to ensure the consistency and reliability of financial information and data quality control (BCBS 239) through a robust control framework.

FPC performs controls on financial data produced by the Finance Department teams.

FPC is composed of four teams:

• Accounting and Tax
• Regulatory and Prudential
• Supervision and Control Framework
• EMEA

The Junior in the Supervision and Control Framework team will be part of an extended, fully integrated team based in Porto, working closely with the Head Office.

The main activities include ensuring completion of the FPC audit plan covering accounting, tax, financial, regulatory, and prudential information through closing controls and
- hoc missions.

Main Tasks and Goals

The candidate will collaborate with control teams in Paris and Porto to ensure proper application of the control framework, including:

• Reconciliation of B/S and Off Balance Sheet between inventory and accounting
• Reconciliation of economic PNL with accounting PNL
• Bank account reconciliation
• Review of Financing operations PNL control
• Custodian reconciliation (Equity, Bond, Tofu)
• Handling of accounting netting
• Handling of internal operations
• Employee expenses
• Reconciliation between IFRS and French GAAP
• Prudential reporting

The candidate should ensure the completeness of the control framework and contribute to its improvement, mainly through process automation. They should also stay aware of the team’s overall work status and communicate potential issues to the team leader. Frequent interactions with Paris colleagues will be necessary.

Additional Information

The role may involve travel to Paris for training and meetings. Collaboration with other department teams is essential.

Qualifications

• Master's Degree in Accounting, Audit, or equivalent with bank accounting knowledge
• Experience or knowledge in Audit, Accounting, Control environment, Data management, IFRS9
• Proficiency in Power BI, MS Office
• Fluency in English; French is a plus

Soft Skills

• Result-oriented
• Team spirit and communication skills
• Proactivity and critical thinking
• Analytical and organizational skills

Only CVs in English will be considered.